Tie and button combination



Sept. 12, 5 MARQTH 1,926,209

TIE AND BUTTON COMBINATION Filed Sept. 22, 1932 Patented Sept. 12, 1933was r rs,ep

Application September 22, 1932 Serial No. 634,314

6 Claims.

My invention relates to interfitting collar and necktie consrtuction bywhich the necktie may be supported directly from the collar with orwithout a decorative necktie band. V

A purpose of my invention is to spring clamp a projection from thecollar button by means acting within the tie so as to resist removal. I

A further purpose is to provide a sharply defined head upon the collarbutton to hold the button in the shirt collar independently of theapplication of the tie, in conjunction with a projection entering thetie and a spring held with in the tie.

A further purpose is to hold an anchoring device within the tie bylateral spring pressure so that the holding means can be applied quicklyand reliably and will not be subject to accidental withdrawal.

A further purpose is to provide a novel button and cooperating anchormember.

Further purposes will appear inthe cation and in the claims.

specifi- I prefer to show one main form only with a detailedmodification illustrating known to me. 7

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a tie embodying 2 the best form theanchoring memberof my combination with cooperating anchorage parts inassembled posi-.

tion.

Figure 6 is a plan view of a portion of the anchorage member fittinginto the tie.

Figure 7 is an elevation of a fastening device used in connection withthe structure of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a front view of a variant form of button which may be used.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of the form of Figure 8, with the buttonhead portions extending laterally. V

Figure 10 is side elevation corresponding to Figure 9, but with the headportions raised.

In the drawing similar numerals indicate like parts.

seen such as with evening dress, disguising they fact that the bow tieis secured in place inde pendently of the band; and by this meansdisguising the fact that the tie'is a ready-made tie. Within the necktieis fastened. an anchor or socket member 12 which comprises a base 13 andspaced standards l l and 15 which are sprung into position one towardthe other by suitable spring pressure of the one against the other or ofeach toward the other. -These standards 14; and 15 may be secured to thebase 13 inany suitable way as by soldering or by cutting them from theparts of a composite base. The standardl l is brazed or soldered inposition upon the base 13 in Figure 6 and in Figures 4 and 5, whereasthe upright or standard 15 in Figures l and 5 is in-' tended to be cutfrom the upper leaf 16 of a base comprising leaves 16 and 17.

Between the uprights 14 and 15 the socket member is apertured at 18 topass the stud or tongue projection 19 of a. button 20 having a base 21which lies between the shirt bands and the neck of the wearer, having astem '21, and having a scf head 22 adapted to hold the parts of theshirt band back of the head to prevent displacement of the buttonwhenthe necktie is not applied. It will be evident-that when the necktieis applied as in Figure 3, the function of holding the collar buttonwithin the collar willbe well performed by the base 13 of the necktieholder but this base is not effective for the purpose. when the tieislemoved.

The standard 14 not only may be a. springin itself to cooperate with thestandard 15 (whether the standard 15 be a spring or not) but isdesirably capable of lateral spring pressure on the two sides of theslit 23 so as to hold a keeper 24 within a slot 25, the edges 26 of theslot 25 of the standard 14 springing over the edges 27 of the keeper asthe latter is inserted and resting within the depressions or notches 28of the keeper. It will be noted thatthe keeper 2 1 is of general wedgeshape, which wedge is not necessary for use with a laterally resilientstandard '14 but which is desirable in order thatthe end 27' of thekeeper may the more quickly and easily be inserted within the slot 25.The tapered form of keeper is desirable even where the standard 14wedged into tight position and then held in position by the sewing ofthe necktie.

The necktie selected for illustration comprises two bows on each side,each made from tubular material having outer and inner walls 29 and asheld together in the middle and flaring toward the ends of the bows. Thebase of the socket is applied to the back of the bow and the standards14 and 15 comprising projections beyond the base are passed through anopening 31 in the bow, after which the keeper is applied and a coverportion 32 is sewed to place.

In use the collar button is passed through the button holes in the shirtband and is held in position there between the base 21 and the head 22.

The tie containing the socket is then applied by pressure merely, thespring engagement of the prong, stud or tongue projection 19, by theopposite faces of the relatively spring pressed standards 1a and 15,holdingthe tie" in position with i any pressure determined in advance bythe spring of the material or materials of the standards 14 and 15, orboth.

In Figures 8, 9 and 10 the head 22 is a modified form of that shown inthe other figures, in

that it is made up of oppositely placed flaps 33 i and 34 which arepivoted at 35 upon springs 36 and 3'? supported at the bottom at 38 andwhose ends 39 at the hinges are squared to hold the flaps againstthe'stem 21 Under these circumstances the springs press the flaps towardthe stem and hold them in the position shown in Figures 8 and 9 fornormal use or in the po-' well as ready removal of the tiefrom the tiesocket.

In view of my invention and disclosure varia' tions and modifications tomeet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident toothers skilled in the art, to obtain all or part of the benefits of myinvention without copying the structure shown, and I, therefore, claimall such in sofar as they fall within the reasonable 7 spirit and scopeof my invention.

does not laterally spring, as the keeper can be Having thus described myinvention what i claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:-

1. In a necktie and collar button combination, a necktie, a socketinserted within the necktie and comprising within the necktie alongitudinallysplit springstandard, a keeper held in place by the springof' the parts of the standard, a 00- operating engaging standard, springheld with respect to the first standard and a collar button tonguefitting in the socket and held in place by spring tension transverse tothe planes of the standards.

2. A necktie and collar button assemblage comprising ,a necktie and asocket member located within the necktie having flat standards withinthenecktie, spring pressed, one toward the other, and one of themlongitudinally slitted to act as a spring within the planes of thisstandard and a keeper held in place by thespring of the slittedstandard. a

3. A socket for a collar button, adapted to be inserted within a necktiecomprising a slotted base, standards upon opposite sides of the slotwithin the base, spring pressed toward each other, one of them slittedlengthwise, slotted transversely near its outer end and a keeper adaptedto engage within the slot and be held by he parts of the slittedstandard.

i. A collar button and socket assemblage for holding a tie to the buttoncomprising a collar button having a base, an intermediate head and atongue extension, a socket member comprising an apertured base, flatstandards on opposite sides of the apertures, spring-pressed one towardthe other and a keeper engaging one of the standards to hold it in placeand lying substantially parallel to the base.

5. A socket for location within a necktie comprising button-engagingmechanism and retaining mechanism for holding the socket within the tie,having plate members springing in the direction of the width of theplate and a keeper adapted to be held in place by the spring-platemembers.

6. A socket for holding a button projection within a tie and having aslot near the end of the socket in combination with a kee er extendingthrough the slot and held in place by engagement of the edges of thekeeper with the edges of the slot.

FRANK S. IVIAROTH.

